Achilles used the rose as am emblem on his shield, and the island of Rhodes made the rose its symbol.
Roses and depictions of rose flowers were found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians, on clay tablets at Ur of the Chaldees in ancient Mesopotamia and in frescoes at the palace of Knossos on Crete.
Roses grew in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and at King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.
Worshippers at the Temple of Aphrodite on the Greek Island of Samos and Medean fire worshippers in ancient Persia revered roses. Sappho, the Greek poetess, wrote about them in roughly 600 B.C.
During the Middle Ages, roses were primarily in the care of monks and apothecaries who grew them in gardens with other medicinal plants.
But by the end of this period, the rose had regained its rightful place – elaborate rose garden graced European parks, castles, chateaus and manor house grounds.
Thus was born the concept of modern rose garden, which can be large or small and are adaptable even to the humblest of abodes.
Rose -The Story
